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Valorizing the Barbarians

Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
Englisch
University of Texas Presserschienen am01.07.2011
Comparing and contrasting speeches attributed to barbarian leaders by ancient Roman historians, this book offers a systematic examination of the ways in which those historians valorized foreigners and presented criticisms of their own society.mehr

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KlappentextComparing and contrasting speeches attributed to barbarian leaders by ancient Roman historians, this book offers a systematic examination of the ways in which those historians valorized foreigners and presented criticisms of their own society.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-292-74403-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2011
Erscheinungsdatum01.07.2011
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 18 mm
Gewicht471 g
Artikel-Nr.17920697
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteIntroductionPart I: Mithridates and the East 1. "A Deep-Seated Lust for Empire and Riches": Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis2. "Their Whole Population Has the Spirit of Wolves": Pompeius Trogus' Speech of MithridatesPart II: Hannibal and Carthage 3. "He Considered It to Be in No Way Worthy to Contemplate the Hope of Living Defeated": Polybius' Speeches of Hannibal4. "Nothing at All Has Been Left to Us, Except That Which We Defend with Arms": Livy's HannibalPart III: Boudica and Britain 5. "Men Might Live and Be Slaves": Tacitus' Speech of Boudica6. "Slaves to a Bad Lyre-Player": Cassius Dio's Speech of Boudica7. ConclusionsAppendix: Texts and Translations of the Speeches Examined at LengthNotesWorks CitedIndexmehr
Kritik
"Adler has sensible things to say... he is a good scholar, scrupulously thorough in citing ancient sources and modern bibliography; he writes well, with only rare lapses into modish phraseology"--The Classical World
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